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Mystroceridius basilewskyi Reichardt, 1970

escarabajo

Predator; arid to humid forest zones; January, February, May, June; and eyeless species found in deep crevices and soil, brackish litter under manchineel.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Adephaga

Family
Carabidae

Section
Bembidiini

Genus
Mystroceridius

Species
basilewskyi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J-P. (1992) Distribution and speciation of carabid beetles in the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Entomologie 62: 57-65
  • Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabid beetles of Galápagos (Ecuador). Entomologie 58: 55-65.
  • Franz, H. (1978) Erster Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Bodenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Entomol. Blätter 74(1-2): 55-66.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Peck, S.B. Kukalova-Peck J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the galapagos islands, Ecuador. Part II. The insects, evolution, and biogeography. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 166-169.
  • Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
  • Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
  • Reichardt, H. (1970) Un nouveau Coléoptère carabique humicole et aveugle des îles Galápagos. Mission Zoologique Belge aux îles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 2: 165-169.

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